page_title: Mount Guiwan
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Guiwan
caption_attribution_description: English: Upload Wizard (general description of landmarks, interesting points, church, town hall, offices) photos of the scenery, the greens, hills, mountains) - Alfonso Castañeda Town Hall, - (Yellow flowers - being watched by the majestic - Mount Guiwan[1] (Village of Pelaway, Alfonso Castañeda[2]) - Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya [3] (a 4th class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, [4] Philippines; latest census, population of 6,655 people in 873 households; politically subdivided into 6 barangays; [5] Coordinates: 15°47'45"N 121°18'11"E - the waters from the Casecnan Dam[6] and the Canili-Diayo Dam, Maria Aurora, Aurora flows through this river, bridge[7] - Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya municipality, third-level administrative division Coordinates: 15°53'57"N 121°20'9"E Map [8] [9] [10] Geographical location: Aurora, Region 4, Philippines, Asia Geographical coordinates: 15° 48' 13" North, 121° 18' 22" East); Mount Guiwan[11] (a mountain in the Sierra Madre[12] range in Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines, probably the highest peak of Sierra Madre mountain range with a height of 1,915 meters above sea level according to NAMRIA topographic map) Underneath Mt. Guiwan, a tunnel that diverts water from the Casecnan River in Brgy. Pelaway to Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija was constructed by the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Transbasin and Power project contracted by California Energy; beauty of the placid scenery of the waters from the dam[13][14] [15]; First Gen Hydro Power Corporation (FG Hydro) owns and operates the Pantabangan-Masiway Hydroelectric Complex (PMHEP); the Pantabangan and Masiway plants are cascading hydroelectric power plants located in Nueva Ecija. Commissioned in 1977 and 1981, respectively, the Pantabangan and Masiway plants are part of a multipurpose hydro complex that supplies irrigation water for the vast rice fields of Nueva Ecija.).
context_page_description: Mount Guiwan is a mountain in the Sierra Madre range in Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. It is probably the highest peak of Sierra Madre mountain range with a height of 1,915 metres above sea level according to NAMRIA topographic map. Bugkalots have long established trails which they use when hunting.
  No scientific survey has yet been conducted in the area but recent expedition to the mountain by the Nueva Vizcaya Mountaineering Society, Inc. led by NVMSI Founder Gene Basilio Jr. and President Raymond Zamora in September 2012 proved that civets, monkeys, and other wildlife still thrive in the forests of Mount Guiwan. Its streams still have abundant eels. A waterfalls estimated to be one km long from its first drop down to the bottom flows from near the summit of the mountain.
  In October 2012, Basilio and Zamora, with guides from the Bugkalot tribe, returned and successfully summitted the mountain passing through a mossy forest and a route they called Zamora trail. It took them three days to hike from the jump-off point in Alfonso Castaneda.
  Underneath Mount Guiwan, a tunnel that diverts water from the Casecnan River in Brgy.
context_section_description: Mount Guiwan is a mountain in the Sierra Madre range in Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. It is probably the highest peak of Sierra Madre mountain range with a height of 1,915 metres (6,283 ft) above sea level according to NAMRIA topographic map. Bugkalots have long established trails which they use when hunting.
  No scientific survey has yet been conducted in the area but recent expedition to the mountain by the Nueva Vizcaya Mountaineering Society, Inc. led by NVMSI Founder Gene Basilio Jr. and President Raymond Zamora in September 2012 proved that civets, monkeys, and other wildlife still thrive in the forests of Mount Guiwan. Its streams still have abundant eels. A waterfalls estimated to be one km long from its first drop down to the bottom flows from near the summit of the mountain.
  In October 2012, Basilio and Zamora, with guides from the Bugkalot tribe, returned and successfully summitted the mountain passing through a mossy forest and a route they called Zamora trail. It took them three days to hike from the jump-off point in Alfonso Castaneda.
  Underneath Mount Guiwan, a tunnel that diverts water from the Casecnan River in Brgy. Pelaway to Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija was constructed by the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Transbasin and Power project contracted by California Energy.
caption: The mountain as seen from the Alfonso Castañeda municipal hall
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